GRAPHENE REPORT

Graphene a 1-atom thick sheet of carbon in hexagonic crystal lattice. 200x stronger than steel. Tougher than diamond. World's thinnest material. Flexible, transparent. Conducts el, heat very well. 1st made in '04. Stocks: AIXG, CVV, FCSMF, NGPHF, GTI, CHGI, PKX.


MI5 warning UK Universities that graphene, quantum computing research are targets of cyber attacks. (Why can't folks/govts just do the work honestly? Honestly.)

Researchers at U of Brit Columbia discovered magnetic defects may be cause of graphene's slow electron spin relaxation time (up to 1Kx lower than predicted). Not spin-orbit effect.

Make graphene oxide at home. Sulfuric acid, phosporic acid, add powdered graphite and stir. Add permanganate and stir 3 days. Then isolate graphene oxide. Good luck.

Ohio State U researchers created 1-atom thick sheet of germanium. "Germanane." Conducts electrons over 10x faster than silicon, 5x faster than germanium. May enable some benefits of graphene, other new materials at lower costs. Created multi-layered germanium crystals. Calcium atoms wedged between layers. Calcium dissolved with water, empty chem bonds "plugged" with H, then peeled off single germanane sheets. H atoms make sheets very chem stable, even more than silicon. Won't oxidize in air or water.

Bluestone Global Tech's CEO says graphene-based touch panels by 3Q13. Comp makes graphene on several substrates.

XG Sciences launched new high capacity graphene-based anode materials for lith ion batts. 4x capacity of present anodes. Use xGnP graphene nanoplatelets to stabillize silicon particles in nano-engineered composite structure. Comp has proprietary manufacturing processes.

MIT researchers using DNA to form nanoscale shapes on graphene. Shapes "etched" to graphene sheet with plasma lithography. Short synthetic DNA strands - "single-stranded tiles".

Grafoid in JV with Cap Therm Systems to develop, commercialize nextgen multiphase thermal mgmt systems for EV batts, LEDs. Graphene's heat spreading capabilities will enable more competitive products.

Graphene Labs signed 2-yr strategic alliance with Lomiko Metals (Canada). GL has already sold product to over 4K customers including Ford, Samsung, Sony, US Army, NASA.

Tsinghua U (Beijing) researchers created nacre (mother of pearl) material stronger than natural nacre. Used hydrogel from graphene and fibroin (a silk protein). Solution coated it, dried it to create parallel graphene plates bound with fibroid that self-assembled into "brickwork" structure.

China's Zhejiang U's graphene aerogel (freeze-dried carbon and graphene oxide) can be used as conductive scaffolds for neural stem cells. Korean researchers have discovered graphene sheets better than glass for neural stem cell growth. Graphene foams coated with laminin (or other matrix proteins). Could serve as compatible neural housing and as means to control tenants electrically.

Peking U researchers found graphene silicon solar cells can be made more efficiently by coating with anti-reflective layer. They use titanium dioxide. Got 14.6% efficiency.

ORNL researchers documented silicon 6-atom clusters "dancing" on graphene sheet. Used scanning transmission electron microscope. Trapped silicon in pores in graphene sheet.

UK govt funding $5M for graphene membrane research at U of Manchester. Desalination, safer food packaging, enhanced disease detection aps. Membranes made from graphene platelets. Plan to combine graphene with new type of polymers (Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity).

National Graphene Inst @ U of Manchester to use Bruker Fast Scan Atomic Force Microscope to research nanofabrication, nano properties of graphene.